OPS-Code

5-550:

Operations on the kidney: Percutaneous transrenal nephrotomy, nephrostomy, stone removal, pyeloplasty and ureterorenoscopic stone removal

• 5-550.0 Nephrotomy
• 5-550.1 Nephrostomy
• 5-550.2 Removal of a stone
• 5-550.3 Removal of a stone with disintegration (lithotripsy)
• 5-550.4 Enlargement of a pyeloureteral junction
• 5-550.5 Cyst puncture
• 5-550.6 Surgical dilation of a nephrostomy canal with insertion of a large-bore lumen nephrostomy catheter
• 5-550.x Other
• 5-550.y Unspecified

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